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One thing I notice of Animation of both mediums (back in the day mostly) is that a lot of Anime had the characters almost move like robots compared to a lot of cartoons that were very expressive with the character's mannerisms.

All comes down to character designs. The more simplistic an art-style is the easier it is to animate. If you want a current example (using the same characters no less) compare Ultimate Spider-man to Spectacular Spider-man. Cheeks' artwork...so good...

What about Cartoons like Batman TAS, Cybersix, and others written in America (or other places) but animated in Japan?

I figure that as long as the original studio/company like Warner Bros. that produces the script, it's still an American cartoon. Otherwise Animaniacs and SpongeBob would be considered Korean cartoons. Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit and I think also The Last Unicorn were animated by Japanese animators (who would go on to work at Studio Ghibli), but it's not exactly considered Japanese. It's just that it's paying animators out-of-country is cheaper--most animated cartoons these days aren't animated here in America, they're out-sourced to other animation companies. Which is stupid because what about us aspiring animators? I want that job, dammit!

*cough* But yeah, that is an otherwise good question, but Batman TAS and other Warner cartoons are still considered Western otherwise.

I figure that as long as the original studio/company like Warner Bros. that produces the script, it's still an American cartoon. Otherwise Animaniacs and SpongeBob would be considered Korean cartoons. Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit and I think also The Last Unicorn were animated by Japanese animators (who would go on to work at Studio Ghibli), but it's not exactly considered Japanese. It's just that it's paying animators out-of-country is cheaper--most animated cartoons these days aren't animated here in America, they're out-sourced to other animation companies. Which is stupid because what about us aspiring animators? I want that job, dammit!

*cough* But yeah, that is an otherwise good question, but Batman TAS and other Warner cartoons are still considered Western otherwise.

Thanks but I wanted to know the difference between the likes of TMS animating a cartoon like Batman and an Anime (like Lupin or Conan).